The article aims to examine the resilience strategies of flower growers in the management of green spaces along the « major » arteries in Abidjan. In the process of renovating this city, three main strategies have been identified as major challenges. The first is the promotion of floriculture as a competitive resource in the embellishment of the “major” arteries of the city. The second is an invitation to legitimize the floriculture activity as a “good” practice of participation in urban life. Finally, the third is the reconstruction of the monopoly of floriculture and its repositioning as an activity at the service of urban ecology. One or other of these strategies sheds light on the maintenance of flower growers in the occupation of spaces in the public domain in urban areas. As commendable as these strategies are, they reveal themselves through norms and values linked to the demands of sustainable urban renewal. This makes flower growers institutionally and socially accepted actors in the city. The survey is based on semi-structured interviews with a sample of thirteen (13) respondents
Keywords : Abidjan, flower growers, urban renewal, resilience.
